Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Jerry Wexler died, at the age of 91, late last week. I'll be honest, I didn't realize the man was still alive. It's still sad news. I haven't been sure what to say here, and then I found this tribute from Rolling Stone, which kinda sums it up better than anyone else could. Wexler was more than a pioneer of...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
in post A Shoe-In For Performance Art of The Year from Fusion 45 .
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Chick Willis “Stoop Down Baby, Let Your Daddy See” Laval Records (1972) Features funky cuts like the 20- minute title song and my favorite, a salacious take on B.B. King’s “Mother Fuyer” - about a furry little animal called a “fuyer.” Dirty Red also put out a version. I remember finding the single of “Mother [...]
TaoSecurity (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Better late than never, I suppose. I taught TCP/IP Weapons School at Black Hat DC 2008 last month, and I also attended two days of briefings (many available in the archives ). The briefings began with Jerry Dixon from Team Cymru , which appears to now offer commercial services related to large scale Internet monitoring and infrastructure issues. Jerry noted several problems hampering security efforts,...
CNET (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Smaller East Coast version of the Black Hat security briefings looks to have a bigger impact in the world of computer security.
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Your birthday today: You are ambitious, but can be easily discouraged. You give up too easily where you might accomplish great things. You are kind, just, generous and have an artistic temperament. Cultivate perseverance and confidence in your ability. You are fond of children. So, it would seem, is Cheryl Ann Cottrell B.1947, and these other persons of note seem to have persevered, until they succeeded:...
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 12/03/2007
Today's tune by Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, sounds dark but really is a love song. “What Am I Living For,” was written by Fred Jacobson and Art Harris and done first by Chuck Willis in 1958. Willis, just 30, died right after it was released as a single. It's also been covered by Conway Twitty, Percy [...]
HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 08/30/2007
Formerly of Little Joe, Johnny y La Famila August 27, 2007By Al Carlos Hernandez If you are a 1st or 2nd generation Tex Mex Chicano you already know that Johnny Hernandez is a Southwestern musical icon. He and his brother...
